GWW Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

GWW insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at W.W. GRAINGER, INC. only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 3 Form 4 sales totaling $28.65M, against no open-market purchases.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 2 of the 3 sales (66.7%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2025-12 (2 trades) and 2026-03 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-24. The average open-market sale price was $980.41; the last close of $1,330.70 is 35.7% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 26,686 shares worth $25.96M on 2025-12-05. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved +24.9%, from $1,065.40.

Where GWW trades relative to its one-year range

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. closed at $1,330.70 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $918.18 to $1,402.03. That puts the stock near the top of its range, at 85.3% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +39.4%, and over roughly three months -4.6%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 275,068 shares.

Across 22 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 50) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +29.1%. GWW is ahead of that median and beat 68% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded GWW

STOCK Act disclosures show 18 trades in GWW by 7 members of Congress over five years (9 purchases, 9 sales), most recently on 2026-07-13. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 10 trades; Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), 3 trades; David B. McKinley (R-WV), 1 trade; Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 1 trade; Julie Johnson (D-TX), 1 trade.

By party the trades split 15 by Democrats, 3 by Republicans; by chamber, 17 from the House, 1 from the Senate.

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 18 prime award actions to W.W. GRAINGER, INC., worth $94.0K across 1 agencies. General Services Administration accounts for 100.0% of that value ($94.0K), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

GWW lobbying disclosures

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. appears in 1 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $10.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare GWW with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to GWW:

• MSM one-year return +52.6%
• GPC one-year return +0.1%
• FERG one-year return -1.7%
• TEL one-year return -5.2%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-24
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-07-13
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-10-11
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

GWW data questions

Are GWW insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at W.W. GRAINGER, INC. only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 3 Form 4 sales totaling $28.65M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for GWW?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, GWW traded between $918.18 and $1,402.03, last closing at $1,330.70.

Has any member of Congress traded GWW stock?

Yes. 7 members disclosed 18 trades in GWW over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-07-13.